There is no other mode of transportation cheaper than shipping across the ocean.

stainablesteel · 2026-04-22T11:56:06 1776858966

launching things via a mass driver from the moon to the earth requires a lot less fuel, is faster, and cheaper than shipping across the ocean

andai · 2026-04-22T02:19:25 1776824365

That one is subsidized by externalizing costs to our lungs.

kibwen · 2026-04-22T03:21:01 1776828061

Shipping on water has been, by far, the cheapest mode of long-distance shipping since the moment boats were invented. That is to say, since thousands of years before boats were ever powered by the shit that destroys our lungs.

sroussey · 2026-04-22T02:34:55 1776825295

So is pace travel. Then rockets are not green!